Bachelor of Arts - Art History

An art history major will help students to develop competence in visual literacy, analytical skills, communication skills, and cultural and historical awareness. Art history is a marketable major, and graduates make competitive candidates in museums, galleries, archives, and cultural institutions as well as business, education, law, private and nonprofit organizations, professional writing, and publishing.

Art history students explore global history, culture, and society through art and architecture from antiquity to the present day. Trained to celebrate cultural differences and the broad spectrum of human creativity and expression, art history students are natural ambassadors of pluralism and tolerance. Art history students develop skills in appreciating visual and material culture to help students become a true global citizen—ideally equipped to understand how historical events and concerns relate to important contemporary and international phenomena.